7 channels used."The entry of the engineer""s chief deputy, Russ Yelburton (John Hillerman), who has been hurriedly summoned by Mulwray""s secretary, is first seen in a flash of light through the glass of the door.The stark anti-Western, neither a war morale-booster or entertainment picture, was critically acclaimed (after it reached its audience through television viewings) for its honest and powerful portrayal and adaptation of the original novel, but it originally failed at the box-office.Smith/Parke almost bumps into he scatter-brained Irene - she has remained there, pleased to see her usually-victorious sister humiliated.Secrets that might""ve given us a new science.Gone."Scotty added an epitaph: "The greatest discovery in history up in flames.Turning a new civilization into a 4th of July piece."The strange metal alloy used in the ship""s construction had reacted negatively to the thermite.However, just a few moments later, hopes were raised when Cpl.Barnes (William Self), with a Geiger counter, detected a second object with residual radioactivity: "I""m getting something over here.